Monday, July 28, 2008

Jeanette sent me this card for the one stamp challenge, thanks Jeanette!

She says " I love the circle of flowers. I stamped it twice with black and clear embossing powder on the white card. Once again on a piece of white cardstock which is layered onto the card. I colored the floral design with a damp brush using markers. I accented the grouping with black ink lines. What fun!" Jeanette

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Krylon Leafing Pens in copper, silver and pale gold: Leafing Pens on sale for $4.00 each until stock runs out (quantity in stock listed on the web page). These sell for as much as $6.95 so gobble these up! Sale on web page only, not good in our store in New Holstein.

Now until Aug. 4th our $2.00 regular priced glitter glue is only $1.59 per bottle while supplies last. Go here to see all the colors we have. This sale is not good in our store but only online. I won't be reordering if a color has sold out. If what you choose is no longer available, I will let you know and you can pick another color. I'll do my best to keep the color list updated :)

This time it is borders and backgrounds. I will be adding some pics of cards made with these stamps as I find them hanging in the store's card lines. Some of the borders are long but could easily be cut apart to give half as a gift to a stamping friend!

Yup I made a bunch of them. Used my cuttlebug and did thank you cards for our anniversary party. I did try to rub pastels on them but didn't like how they looked so I left em plain on the front. I wrote a personal message on the inside, and you can see an atc size pic of us after the vow renewal was inside each card.

My customer Rita from da Up sent me this card using our pearl butterfly. She stamped the image on copier transparency, then used 3-d glaze jelly pens to color, letting each color dry after applying. The white background is done with a cuttlebug and a nestie helped her cut the hole. Vellum tape helped adhere the transparency in the front of the card and beautiful faux stained glass! Thanks Rita for sharing this lovely creation.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Happy Friday! I'm gonna do the drawing for the blog candy on Sunday (the 20th), that'll give folks a couple more days to sign up. Why not tell yer friends about it? Get them here to visit the new blog and work out a deal that if one of you win, you can share the stamps?

Next week is our 25th wedding anniversary and tomorrow we're having a party. So I am closing early today and not open tomorrow. I have 7 more desserts to make! Should be fun, my friend/maid of honor Maureen is coming this afternoon and we'll cook and bake up a storm. Hoping the weather cooperates tomorrow. Will try to post some photos next week.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

We have 8 people signed up for the blog candy so far, room for 12 more!

Just had an idea for a card contest: I have a small section on the web page of Alaska Mission For Christ stamps and don't have any cards of these stamps...yet. The stamps when sold, have a portion of their purchase price donated to the Alaska Mission for Christ (one of the missions that our Women in Mission group at our church was donating to last year). So far I've only got $6 to go to them but I know every bit helps the mission work being done way up there in Alaska.

Stay tuned for details, but I will be using these 5 bear stamps in that section for a contest where you will get the unmounted stamp (or 2) and need to make 2 completely different cards with each stamp, and need to use a bible verse on the card's front. The bible verse can be printed off your computer or hand written. The only stamp you'll be able to use is the one I give you of one of the bears. No other stamps can be used, but there are tons of accessories and stamping techniques that could be used--let your imagination run wild with this contest!

Don't email yet to sign up for the contest, I still need to work out more details. I do charge to join a contest, but only ask for $1.00 in cash to be sent to join. This helps defray costs of postage to send you the stamp(s). I found that folks who paid that tiny amount were less likely to flake in a contest. You get to keep the stamp(s), you mail me the cards, and I have folks judge them online and vote for their favorites. I never vote cuz I would have such a hard time as I love all the cards sent in and in case of a tie I can use a randomizer or grab someone off the street to pick :)

We both win from a contest, you get free stamps, I get awesome cards I can share with others to inspire them, and I will make a donation to the Alaska Mission for Christ for every card received in the contest.